Single Sex Marriage…..Yet Again.

Why is single sex marriage still illegal in Texas?  I believe that if you would ask someone what sort of political problem we still have in Texas, they would not say single sex marriage.  This is one of those topics that lost interest over time.  Just like The People’s Texas said, why should we only gives certain benefits to a heterosexual couple?  Single sex marriage is important but Texas looks so behind and is taking so much time that could be used for other major problems to solve something that has already been decided by the people.  

The People’s Texas made a very important point about marriage.  It is a basic human right that should be allowed for any person.  If we really think about “human rights”, there have been many that allow us to do ignorant things, but why not get married with the person you love?  

It makes no sense to me and to others that Texas has been taking a long time to solve this topic.  Like The People’s Texas said “...it is time to look forward and address issues that affect Texas and the great people that live within this state, instead of declining the right for people to become married.”  We as a state have to look at the big picture here like my college stated, the government can’t afford to fight for a battle that has already been won by the other side.  Many states have allowed single sex marriage to be legal, now it’s all up to Texas.   

Covering Abortion

Free will is the ability to act at one’s own discretion, but that’s not always the case in certain situations.  We are the one’s who decide what’s best for us, but what is the “best” we actually need?  What makes it ok for our decision to be taken into account?  With these questions in mind we can look at the topic of abortion which has been a very popular topic around the nation because not all of us agree to understand how this could be good for some but bad to others.  

On Tuesday May 5th, a bill was passed that prohibited Health Insurance coverage for abortions, not including those with medical emergencies.  Senator Larry Taylor proposed the bill and passed with a 21-10 vote which gave Texas the “choice” to pay for someone's abortion.   Given the fact that we all now have the option to pay for “helping” or “ruining” a person’s life, it raises the thought of what will people actually do with this new bill?  

We have the option, the will, to choose not to help these cases of abortion by deciding where our money will go, but what if this was about vasectomies, a category that most of us just see as medical.  Going back to the previous questions, it seems only fair that we see abortion as helping someone who can’t afford to give a life to a child.  Many couples don’t know what’s best for them but those that do need a little help from the rest of us.  I think we can agree that this bill work like a filter, it takes away the unworkable cases and only leaves those with “medical emergencies”.  But shouldn’t it be up to us to decide weather to bring a life into this world?  It seems like the Republican party has it all figured out again for us or maybe  just a small part of us.  These decisions should be personal, and shouldn’t have to be filtered or put into certain categories.